PUTNAM COUNTY DATA


Putnam

County Seat: Cookeville




FamilySearch Wiki Click to go to Website
TSLA Fact Sheet Click to go to Website
County Contacts County Genealogist - None

County Historian - Dale Welch
Email: dale@montereytn.com Send Email

TN Gen Web - Charles Reeves, Jr.
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Putnam County TnGenWeb Click to go to Website
Known Beginning Dates
Major County Records







Record Notes

Births* - 1908
Marriage - 1879
Deaths* - 1908
Court - 1900
Land - 1854
Probate - 1876
Census - 1810

*Statewide Registration for Births & Deaths began in 1911 with general compliance by 1927

1860s Courthouse records were damaged in the American Civil War, 1861-1865.
1898 Fire damaged courthouse records.
Lost marriage records: 1842 to 1878
Lost probate records: 1842 to 1875
Societies / Museums / Archives Upper Cumberland Genealogical Association, Inc.
P. O. Box 575
Cookeville, TN 38503-0575
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Putnam Archives
121 South Dixie Ave
Cookeville, TN 38501
HOURS: W-F 1pm-4pm
Phone: 931-520-0042
Click to go to Website

Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society
PO Box 330948
Nashville, TN 37203-7507
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Library Putnam County Library
50 East Broad St.
Cookeville, TN 38501
Phone: (931) 526-2416
Library Page Click to go to Website
Note: The Tennessee Room houses many items of interest
to those doing research in genealogy.

Tennessee Tech University
Volpe Library - Archives & Special Collections
1100 N Peachtree Ave
Cookeville, TN 38501
Phone: (931)372-3849
Library Page Click to go to Website
Putnam Courts Putnam County Courthouse
300 E Spring St.
Cookeville, TN 38501
Hours: M-F 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Putnam County Court Clerk
Phone: 931-526-7106
Click to go to Website

Putnam County Circuit Court Clerk
421 E. Spring Street
Cookeville, TN 38501
Phone: 931-528-1508
Click to go to Website

Putnam County Chancery Court-Clerk & Master (Probate)
421 E. Spring Street
Cookeville, TN 38501
Phone: (931) 526-6321
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Putnam County Register of Deeds
Phone: (931) 526-7101
Click to go to Website
County Archives Click to go to Website